Introduction

ZKFund is an infrastructure protocol for private yet verifiable fund governance on-chain.

Most on-chain funds and DAOs today are public by default: wallets are visible, votes are traceable, treasury movements can be monitored in real time. This transparency, while valuable in some contexts, becomes a critical weakness for institutions, funds, and serious operators. Public governance enables influence, coercion, front-running, strategy leakage, and coordinated attacks on treasury behavior.

ZKFund takes a different approach.

Instead of relying on public identities and visible actions, ZKFund replaces trust with zero-knowledge proofs. Decisions are made through cryptographic verification rather than disclosure. Participants prove that they are authorized, that quorum rules are satisfied, and that actions are valid—without revealing who voted, who signed, or where funds moved.

At its core, ZKFund enables organizations to:

• Govern funds and treasuries without exposing identities or wallets

• Execute swaps, withdrawals, and allocations without revealing strategy or timing

• Maintain accountability and auditability through proofs, not transparency

• Achieve compliance without sacrificing privacy

ZKFund is not a privacy wrapper around existing DAOs. It is a native private governance and fund execution engine, designed from the ground up for institutions, OTC desks, syndicates, and DAOs that require confidentiality as a security property—not a feature toggle.

In short, ZKFund allows capital to be coordinated, decisions to be enforced, and rules to be proven—without ever becoming public targets.